During the day, 698 people with coronavirus infection died.

The day before, 688 patients died.

The total number of deaths is 323,376.

Over the entire period of the epidemic in the country, 9,925,855 patients have recovered from COVID-19.

During the day, 22,920 people recovered, the day before - 24,564.

The day before it became known about 31,252 cases.

Earlier, Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said that Russia was reducing the quarantine period for coronavirus to seven days.

Infectious disease doctor Nikolay Malyshev, in an interview with Nation News, recalled the importance of observing preventive measures against the background of the detection of the omicron coronavirus strain.